Maybe it’s all the retrograde planets now making me remember old times. Or maybe the fact that Mark Read appeared to me in a dream, messing around with machines and wires. Whatever the reason, the Illuminator‘s early days have been on my mind & looking at this site I realized Read more…
So I finally got word of where my new office will be. Guess where! I’m not supposed to make any announcements about this until the official word comes down from on high, but how fucking perfect is this? LMCC Artists-in Residence 2012-13
Here’s some of what we’re doing in NYC to help stop fracked gas coming to town via Spectra Pipeline: http://occupythepipeline.blogspot.com/ Obviously though, all our grievances are connected. Today was a big day of direct action against construction of the southern section of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas and Oklahoma. Read more…
Subway-wise, the MTA’s officially announced a name change for our beloved hub. It will always be Atlantic-Pacific to me. Poetry-wise, some of my poems were in the April edition of the Brooklyn Rail. Library-wise, we filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg, Ray Kelly, the NYPD, the Dept of Sanitation, and the Read more…
Occupiers, 99%-ers, Fellow Insurgents– The rumors are true. Deep in the bowels of Brooklyn the plans were hatched, the forces gathered, the dream made real. The Illuminator has been given form and will ride out on its maiden voyage this Saturday night, March 3rd, as part of Low Lives: Occupy! Read more…
May Day 2012 Occupy Wall Street stands in solidarity with the calls for a day without the 99%, a general strike and more!! On May Day, wherever you are, we are calling for: *No Work *No School *No Housework *No Shopping *No Banking TAKE THE STREETS !!!
I’ll be presenting in the ALA Masters Series at the Midwinter Conference in Dallas this weekend with fellow Occupy Librarians Mandy Henk, Zachary Loeb, Jaime Taylor and Danny Norton. We’re very excited to be able to connect with so many librarians about our shared passions. If you’re in the area, Read more…
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! (Keats) Autumn. I spent time yesterday at the Department of Sanitation digging through the rubble of what was left from Liberty Park. It was the second day I’ve spent doing it. The NYPD officers there know me by now and we’re friendly enough to Read more…
#OWS calls for nonviolent solidarity on November 17th “our voices together and our stories combined give us hope from despair and build strength in our multitudes.” Please join us, wherever you are, in whatever way you can. In solidarity.
Originally, I just swiped your tag @marykvalle and @JeffSharlet– Bloomberg Bibliocide– but only because it’s so lovely. Thank you for it. Bibliocide. But it could be meaning the degradation of the book’s narrative when re-cast as a film. It could also sound like we’re calling for his death by books. Read more…